strove very hard to have the church govern the world, till they lost their charter; since which they have yielded to have the world govern the church, as we shall proceed to shew. A brief view of how civil and ecclesiastical affairs are blended together among us, to the depriving of many of God’s people of that liberty of conscience which he has given them. We are not insensible than an open appearance against any part of the conduct of men in power, is commonly attended with difficulty